diff --git a/include/fc/rpc/cli.hpp b/include/fc/rpc/cli.hpp
index 5669745..6670a14 100755
--- a/include/fc/rpc/cli.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/rpc/cli.hpp
@@ -25,22 +25,18 @@ namespace fc { namespace rpc {
 
          void start();
          void stop();
-         void cancel();
          void wait();
          void format_result( const string& method, std::function<string(variant,const variants&)> formatter);
 
-         virtual void getline( const std::string& prompt, std::string& line );
+         virtual void getline( const fc::string& prompt, fc::string& line );
 
          void set_prompt( const string& prompt );
 
-         void set_regex_secret( const string& expr );
-
       private:
          void run();
 
          std::string _prompt = ">>>";
          std::map<string,std::function<string(variant,const variants&)> > _result_formatters;
          fc::future<void> _run_complete;
-         fc::thread* _getline_thread = nullptr; ///< Wait for user input in this thread
    };
-} } 
\ No newline at end of file
+} } 
diff --git a/include/fc/thread/thread.hpp b/include/fc/thread/thread.hpp
index a2bc144..bb82710 100755
--- a/include/fc/thread/thread.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/thread/thread.hpp
@@ -112,11 +112,6 @@ namespace fc {
        */
       void quit();
      
-           /**
-       * Send signal to underlying native thread. Only for Linux and macOS
-       */
-      void signal(int);
-      
       /**
        *  @return true unless quit() has been called.
        */
diff --git a/src/rpc/cli.cpp b/src/rpc/cli.cpp
index 636101a..89cdc8a 100755
--- a/src/rpc/cli.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/cli.cpp
@@ -9,22 +9,13 @@
 
 #ifdef HAVE_EDITLINE
 # include "editline.h"
-# include <signal.h>
 # ifdef WIN32
 #  include <io.h>
 # endif
 #endif
 
-#include <boost/regex.hpp>
-
 namespace fc { namespace rpc {
 
-static boost::regex& cli_regex_secret()
-{
-   static boost::regex regex_expr;
-   return regex_expr;
-}
-
 static std::vector<std::string>& cli_commands()
 {
    static std::vector<std::string>* cmds = new std::vector<std::string>();
@@ -54,6 +45,23 @@ void cli::send_notice( uint64_t callback_id, variants args /* = variants() */ )
    FC_ASSERT(false);
 }
 
+void cli::start()
+{
+   cli_commands() = get_method_names(0);
+   _run_complete = fc::async( [&](){ run(); } );
+}
+
+void cli::stop()
+{
+   _run_complete.cancel();
+   _run_complete.wait();
+}
+
+void cli::wait()
+{
+   _run_complete.wait();
+}
+
 void cli::format_result( const string& method, std::function<string(variant,const variants&)> formatter)
 {
    _result_formatters[method] = formatter;
@@ -64,11 +72,6 @@ void cli::set_prompt( const string& prompt )
    _prompt = prompt;
 }
 
-void cli::set_regex_secret( const string& expr )
-{
-   cli_regex_secret() = expr;
-}
-
 void cli::run()
 {
    while( !_run_complete.canceled() )
@@ -82,17 +85,11 @@ void cli::run()
          }
          catch ( const fc::eof_exception& e )
          {
-            _getline_thread = nullptr;
             break;
          }
-         catch ( const fc::canceled_exception& e )
-         {
-            _getline_thread = nullptr;
-            break;
-         }
-
+         std::cout << line << "\n";
          line += char(EOF);
-         fc::variants args = fc::json::variants_from_string(line);
+         fc::variants args = fc::json::variants_from_string(line);;
          if( args.size() == 0 )
             continue;
 
@@ -109,16 +106,17 @@ void cli::run()
       }
       catch ( const fc::exception& e )
       {
+         std::cout << e.to_detail_string() << "\n";
+
          if (e.code() == fc::canceled_exception_code)
          {
-            _getline_thread = nullptr;
             break;
          }
-         std::cout << e.to_detail_string() << "\n";
       }
    }
 }
 
+
 /****
  * @brief loop through list of commands, attempting to find a match
  * @param token what the user typed
@@ -127,52 +125,36 @@ void cli::run()
  */
 static char *my_rl_complete(char *token, int *match)
 {
-   const auto& cmds = cli_commands();
-   const size_t partlen = strlen (token); /* Part of token */
+   bool have_one = false;
+   std::string method_name;
 
-   std::vector<std::reference_wrapper<const std::string>> matched_cmds;
-   for( const std::string& it : cmds )
+   auto& cmd = cli_commands();
+   int partlen = strlen (token); /* Part of token */
+
+   for (const std::string& it : cmd)
    {
-      if( it.compare(0, partlen, token) == 0 )
+      if (it.compare(0, partlen, token) == 0)
       {
-         matched_cmds.push_back( it );
-      }
-   }
-
-   if( matched_cmds.size() == 0 )
-      return NULL;
-
-   const std::string& first_matched_cmd = matched_cmds[0];
-   if( matched_cmds.size() == 1 )
-   {
-      *match = 1;
-      std::string matched_cmd = first_matched_cmd + " ";
-      return strdup( matched_cmd.c_str() + partlen );
-   }
-
-   size_t first_cmd_len = first_matched_cmd.size();
-   size_t matched_len = partlen;
-   for( ; matched_len < first_cmd_len; ++matched_len )
-   {
-      char next_char = first_matched_cmd[matched_len];
-      bool end = false;
-      for( const std::string& s : matched_cmds )
-      {
-         if( s.size() <= matched_len || s[matched_len] != next_char )
+         if (have_one) {
+            // we can only have 1, but we found a second
+            return NULL;
+         }
+         else
          {
-            end = true;
-            break;
+            method_name = it;
+            have_one = true;
          }
       }
-      if( end )
-         break;
    }
 
-   if( matched_len == partlen )
-      return NULL;
+   if (have_one)
+   {
+      *match = 1;
+      method_name += " ";
+      return strdup (method_name.c_str() + partlen);
+   }
 
-   std::string matched_cmd_part = first_matched_cmd.substr( partlen, matched_len - partlen );
-   return strdup( matched_cmd_part.c_str() );
+   return NULL;
 }
 
 /***
@@ -194,7 +176,7 @@ static int cli_completion(char *token, char ***array)
    }
    int total_matches = 0;
 
-   const size_t partlen = strlen(token);
+   int partlen = strlen(token);
 
    for (const std::string& it : cmd)
    {
@@ -209,98 +191,12 @@ static int cli_completion(char *token, char ***array)
    return total_matches;
 }
 
-/***
- * @brief regex match for secret information
- * @param source the incoming text source
- * @returns integer 1 in event of regex match for secret information, otherwise 0
- */
-static int cli_check_secret(const char *source)
-{
-   if (!cli_regex_secret().empty() && boost::regex_match(source, cli_regex_secret()))
-      return 1;
-   
-   return 0;
-}
-
-/***
- * Indicates whether CLI is quitting after got a SIGINT signal.
- * In order to be used by editline which is C-style, this is a global variable.
- */
-static int cli_quitting = false;
-
-#ifndef WIN32
-/**
- * Get next character from stdin, or EOF if got a SIGINT signal
- */
-static int interruptible_getc(void)
-{
-   if( cli_quitting )
-      return EOF;
-
-   int r;
-   char c;
-
-   r = read(0, &c, 1); // read from stdin, will return -1 on SIGINT
-
-   if( r == -1 && errno == EINTR )
-      cli_quitting = true;
-
-   return r == 1 && !cli_quitting ? c : EOF;
-}
-#endif
-
-void cli::start()
-{
-
-#ifdef HAVE_EDITLINE
-   el_hist_size = 256;
-
-   rl_set_complete_func(my_rl_complete);
-   rl_set_list_possib_func(cli_completion);
-   //rl_set_check_secret_func(cli_check_secret);
-   rl_set_getc_func(interruptible_getc);
-
-   static fc::thread getline_thread("getline");
-   _getline_thread = &getline_thread;
-
-   cli_quitting = false;
-
-   cli_commands() = get_method_names(0);
-#endif
-
-   _run_complete = fc::async( [this](){ run(); } );
-}
-
-void cli::cancel()
-{
-   _run_complete.cancel();
-#ifdef HAVE_EDITLINE
-   cli_quitting = true;
-   if( _getline_thread )
-   {
-      _getline_thread->signal(SIGINT);
-      _getline_thread = nullptr;
-   }
-#endif
-}
-
-void cli::stop()
-{
-   cancel();
-   _run_complete.wait();
-}
-
-void cli::wait()
-{
-   _run_complete.wait();
-}
-
 /***
  * @brief Read input from the user
  * @param prompt the prompt to display
  * @param line what the user typed
  */
-void cli::getline( const std::string& prompt, std::string& line)
+void cli::getline( const fc::string& prompt, fc::string& line)
 {
    // getting file descriptor for C++ streams is near impossible
    // so we just assume it's the same as the C stream...
@@ -316,28 +212,29 @@ void cli::getline( const std::string& prompt, std::string& line)
    if( _isatty( _fileno( stdin ) ) )
 #endif
    {
-      if( _getline_thread )
-      {
-         _getline_thread->async( [&prompt,&line](){
-            char* line_read = nullptr;
-            std::cout.flush(); //readline doesn't use cin, so we must manually flush _out
-            line_read = readline(prompt.c_str());
-            if( line_read == nullptr )
-               FC_THROW_EXCEPTION( fc::eof_exception, "" );
-            line = line_read;
-            // we don't need here to add line in editline's history, cause it will be doubled
-            if (cli_check_secret(line_read)) {
-               free(line_read);
-               el_no_echo = 1;
-               line_read = readline("Enter password: ");
-               el_no_echo = 0;
-               if( line_read == nullptr )
-                  FC_THROW_EXCEPTION( fc::eof_exception, "" );
-               line = line + ' ' + line_read;
-            }
+      rl_set_complete_func(my_rl_complete);
+      rl_set_list_possib_func(cli_completion);
+jjkkljk;
+      static fc::thread getline_thread("getline");
+      getline_thread.async( [&](){
+         char* line_read = nullptr;
+         std::cout.flush(); //readline doesn't use cin, so we must manually flush _out
+         line_read = readline(prompt.c_str());
+         if( line_read == nullptr )
+            FC_THROW_EXCEPTION( fc::eof_exception, "" );
+         line = line_read;
+         try
+         {
+            if (*line_read)
+               add_history(line_read);
+         }
+         catch(...)
+         {
             free(line_read);
-         }).wait();
-      }
+            throw;
+         }
+         free(line_read);
+      }).wait();
    }
    else
 #endif
@@ -345,7 +242,8 @@ void cli::getline( const std::string& prompt, std::string& line)
       std::cout << prompt;
       // sync_call( cin_thread, [&](){ std::getline( *input_stream, line ); }, "getline");
       fc::getline( fc::cin, line );
+      return;
    }
 }
 
-} } // namespace fc::rpc
\ No newline at end of file
+} } // namespace fc::rpc
diff --git a/src/thread/thread.cpp b/src/thread/thread.cpp
index a1261d3..25ba77c 100755
--- a/src/thread/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/thread/thread.cpp
@@ -147,16 +147,7 @@ namespace fc {
    }
 
    void          thread::debug( const fc::string& d ) { /*my->debug(d);*/ }
-  #if defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__)
-  #include <signal.h>
-  #endif
 
-    void thread::signal(int sig)
-    {
-  #if defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__)
-        pthread_kill( my->boost_thread->native_handle(), sig );
-  #endif
-    }
   void thread::quit()
   {
     //if quitting from a different thread, start quit task on thread.